The cyan fluorescent protein (CFP) transgenic mouse as a model for imaging pancreatic exocrine cells

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 152-156

  Cao, Hop S Tran ^a   Kimura, Hiroaki ^a,c   Kaushal, Sharmeela ^b   Snyder, Cynthia S ^b   Reynoso, Jose ^c   Hoffman, Robert M ^a,b,c   Bouvet, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c ANTICANCER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyan fluorescent protein; Fluorescence; Mice; Pancreas; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCRINE CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT INTENSITY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PANCREAS; PANCREAS CELL; PANCREAS EXAMINATION; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PANCREAS, EXOCRINE;

EID: 66149119379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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